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That's great the Daily News picked the story up about the cash mob! On Friday I hope everyone tweets and posts on facebook about it to remind everyone. And even if you don't live here you can be part of the mob by buying a book online Saturday.

I have a question. When did people start calling the other boroughs of NYC, "The Outer Boroughs" I mean there's only four of them (besides Manhattan of course) and none are more removed from Manhattan than the others in the contiguous sense. An outer borough would imply a level of inner boroughs and there are none. Can anyone help me answer this?

"According to him, the feeling is that New York City authorities do not want the suppliers in Manhattan anymore, evidenced by an increase of sidewalk obstruction tickets in the last three years. Where once City Hall had neglected the street and left its denizens to their own devices, now it is nagging them, and providing yet another reason to move away. “They did the same thing with fabric supply stores on Orchard street,” he said. “Now it is happening here.”

And there it is in a nutshell - if you are not one of the beautiful people, a tourist, or a hipster on urban adventure, the administration would prefer you gather elsewhere.

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